OIL keen to take up to 10-15% stake in HPCL's Barmer refinery

Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 18:00

Cash-rich OIL is keen to take up to 10-15 percent stake in refinery HPCL plans to build near the Barmer oil finds of Cairn India.

Minor raped in Rajasthan`s Barmer district

Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2012, 16:37

A 28-year-old man was arrested today for allegedly raping a minor girl in Rajasthan`s Barmer district, police said on Friday.

HPCL keen on oil refinery at Barmer in Rajasthan

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 18:37

HPCL, which owns a refinery at Mumbai and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and is equal partner in the just commissioned Bhatinda refinery in Punjab, is keen to take up the project, sources privy to the development said.

Rajasthan: New-born girl dumped in pit

Last Updated: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 23:16

According to the Census 2011, Rajasthan has 883 girls between the ages of 0-6 for every 1,000 boys in the same age group.

Chinkara hunting: Meat destroyed

Last Updated: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 16:13

The remains of the chinkaras, which are included in the endangered species list, were disposed of in the presence of distt administration officials.

Cairn flags off week-long breastfeeding campaign in Barmer

Last Updated: Sunday, August 1, 2010, 17:52

Cairn India, the firm that discovered the nation`s largest onland oil field, today flagged off a week-long campaign in Barmer.

Heat wave claims 7 lives in Gujarat; N India boils

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 00:02

Heat wave claimed 7 lives in Gujarat while N-India continued to reel under intense hot conditions.

Rajasthan couple defy panchayat, prefer death to separation

Last Updated: Friday, April 30, 2010, 15:36

A newly-married couple in Rajasthan`s Barmer district have requested the authorities to allow them to commit suicide, as they would rather die than be separated on the orders of their panchayat.